ENS Co-Founder Proposes 5M Token Delegation to Reform DAO Governance

ENS co-founder Alex Van de Sande has proposed delegating 5 million ENS tokens from the DAO treasury to diversify voting power. The plan splits the tokens

Dipendra Singh

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ENS Co-Founder Proposes 5M Token Delegation to Reform DAO Governance

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Summary

  • ENS co-founder Alex Van de Sande has proposed delegating 5 million ENS tokens from the DAO treasury to diversify voting power.
  • The plan splits the tokens into five 1 million groups that carry voting rights only, with forfeiture for inactive delegates after six months.
  • The move follows recent governance attacks, including the BONKDAO incident that drained $20 million.

Alex Van de Sande co-founded Ethereum Name Service. He proposed delegating 5 million ENS tokens from the ENS DAO treasury. The executable proposal went live on the ENS DAO Governance Forum in July 2026.

It pushes broader token delegation to fix DAO governance.

Context

Token-based voting often concentrates influence among a few holders in DAOs. Attackers exploit this setup to grab control fast. The BONKDAO case on July 6, 2026 proved the speed of those risks.

An attacker spent about 4 million dollars on BONK tokens. They passed a proposal that moved the entire 20 million treasury into a wallet they controlled. ENS DAO had already discussed delegation incentives for months before this proposal.

The current plan turns those talks into action.

Details

The plan splits five bundles of 1 million ENS tokens each. Delegates receive voting rights alone. No economic claim on the tokens comes with the allocation. Delegates who stay inactive for six months lose the bundle. It returns to the treasury for reassignment.

Source [1] states the proposal came from Alex Van de Sande to reform the ENS DAO voting structure. Source [3] confirms the five-group split and the six-month inactivity rule. The approach keeps the tokens inside the DAO treasury while spreading decision-making participation.

"Alex Van de Sande, a co-founder of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), proposed Monday that the ENS DAO delegate 5 million ENS tokens from its community treasury."

, The Defiant (https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/ens-co-founder-proposes-delegating-5m-ens-tokens-to-reform-dao-governance)

ENS DAO token delegation now stands as one concrete response to the governance weaknesses exposed by the BONKDAO drain. The proposal remains open for forum discussion and on-chain execution.

Outlook

Forum participants will continue to review the draft ahead of any formal vote. If passed, the delegation process can begin immediately from the idle community treasury, with monitoring for delegate activity over the required six-month window.

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